Geo-IK-2

Mission Photos:

The circa 2015 depiction of the Geo-IK-2 (Musson-2; 14F31) satellite in deployed position in orbit. Credit: ISS Reshetnev

The Geo-IK-2 satellite is a follow-on geodesy mission to the GEO-IK series. It has the following instruments:

SADKO radar altimeter

Laser retro reflectors

GLONASS and GPS receiver

Mission Objectives:

construction of high-precision geodetic network in the geocentric coordinate system (reference frame);

determination of the Earth's gravitational field parameters

determination of continental plates movements;

determination of the earth tide;

determination of changes in the Earth's rotation speed and pole coordinates, solution of a number of applied problems that require the operative determination of the coordinates of ground stations, including:

creation of regional geodetic networks;

remote sensing of the Earth;

the definition of the marine geoid;

ice monitoring.

Satellite laser ranging will be used for Precise Orbit Determination (POD).